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A MAN was killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident in Ballymena, Co Antrim, early yesterday. The body of Christopher John Darragh, 32, from Kilrea, was discovered on the Crankhill dual carriageway.

Chinese memorial

A MEMORIAL to 58 Chinese illegal immigrants who were found dead in the back of a lorry in 2000 was unveiled on Dover seafront yesterday.

Gunshot attack

TWO youths aged 17 were admitted to hospital after a gun attack in Darndale, north Dublin, early yesterday. A man shot one of the teenagers in the leg in the Priorswood Road area shortly after 1am. The other youth, a bystander, was injured when he was hit as the gunmen drove off in a car that was was later found at Baldoyle industrial estate.

Painter Davis dies

THE painter and Joycean scholar Gerald Davis has died at the age of 66. A prominent member of the Irish Jewish